How to Grow a Cell: Fine-Tuning Secretory Activity to Balance Growth and Cell Wall Integrity

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Andreas Nebenführ. Plant Physiol. 2017 May.

. 2017 May;174(1):3-4.

doi: 10.1104/pp.17.00473.

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0840 nebenfuehr@utk.edu.

Abstract

An unusual exocyst subunit appears to function as a novel rheostat controlling cell growth rates.

EXO70C2 Is a Key Regulatory Factor for Optimal Tip Growth of Pollen.
Synek L, Vukašinović N, Kulich I, Hála M, Aldorfová K, Fendrych M, Žárský V. Synek L, et al. Plant Physiol. 2017 May;174(1):223-240. doi: 10.1104/pp.16.01282. Epub 2017 Mar 29. Plant Physiol. 2017. PMID: 28356503 Free PMC article.

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